Cuff button



Fbo 6, 1923.

. 1,444,701?. 1. NovAK.v

-CUFF BUTTON.

FILED DEc.15. 1921.

IHM.,

ATTO RNEY Patented Feb. 5, 1923.

JOSEPH NOVAK, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CUFF BUTTON.

Application filed December 15, 1921.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, JOSEPH NovAK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Cuff Buttons, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to cuff buttons and more particularly to a devicewhich is' designed to hold a shirt cuff in its proper shape and inadjusted positions along the arm of the user thereby permitting him topull up his shirt sleeve to any desired height Aon his arm at which`Joint the cuff will remain until again pulled down.

Another object of this invention is to provide a cuff button or link asspecied which comprises a cuff button having a tape carrying rollerattached thereto which carries a tape adapted for connection with asecond button, the said tape being urged upon the roller by means of aspring so as to always draw the buttons towards each other and maintainthe free edges of the cuff in proper relation and also t0 maintain thecuff tightly against the arm when the cuff is moved upwardly on the armof the wearer.

Other objects of the invention will appear in the following detaileddescription taken in connection with the accompanying drawings wherein:

Fig. 1 is a View showing the improved cuff link applied.

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2f-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an edge elevation of the improved culf link or button showingthe tape extended.. r

Fig. 4 is a detail section through the spring roller construction.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, wherein the preferredembodiment of my invention is disclosed, the cuff buttons 1 and 2comprises heads 3 which may be of any desired design and eachof whichhas a loop 4 connected thereto in any suitable manner, the said loopbeing constructed to provide a neck 5 for positioning in the but- 50,ton hole of a shirt cuff, while the major portion of the loop will beshaped to prevent its accidental insertion through the cuff button hole.The loop 4 of the button 1 has a spring roller 6 attached thereto towhich serial No. 522,571.

a strip 7 of any suitable type of fabric preferably grosgrain ribbon isattached. The spring 6 has its end 6a inserted through the loop 4 andits end 6b inserted in a suitable opening in the roller 6 to provide theproper tension to the roller for rolling the strip 7 thereon. The strip7 of fabric has hooks 8 upon its free end for engagement with the loop 4of the button 2 to connect the buttons 1 and 2 as shown in Fig. 1 of thedrawings in such manner as to urge them Atowards each other and yetpermit connected spreading movement of the buttons when necessary. Itwill be seen, from the foregoing' description taken in connection withthe accompanying drawing that as the cuff is moved upwardly on the armof the wearer the tape 7 will wind from the spring roller 6, permittingthe cuff to t about the arm, and that the tension of the spring willurge the buttons 1 and 2 towards each other in such manner as to causethe cuff to grip the arm sufficiently to hold the cuff in adjustedpositions.

It is, of course, to be understood that the` invention may beconstructed in other manners and the parts associated in other relationsand, therefore, I do not desire to be limited in. any manner except asset forth in the claims hereunto appended.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is:

1. In a cuff link, a pair of buttons, a flexible strip having one enddetachably connected to one of said buttons, a spring roller carried bythe other of said buttons, said flexible strip connected to said springroller for winding thereon.

2. In a cuff link, a pair of buttons, a loop connected to each button, astrip having one end connected to one of the loops and a spring actuateddevice for winding the strip around the other loop.

3. In a cuff link, a pair of cuff buttons, a spring roller carried byone of said buttons, a strip of fabric connected to said spring rollerand adapted to be wound thereon by action of the roller, and hooks onthe free end of said strip of fabric and adapted to engage the other ofsaid buttons.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

JOSEPH NOVAK.

